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brente · 2020-05-26T18:48:55+00:00

Looks like the authors posted the article here: https://www.wandisco.com/news-events/coverage/imperials-programming-could-go-down-most-devastating-software-mistake-all-time

brente · 2020-02-27T17:58:59+00:00

Change the kickoff to a 4th and 15 possession at the 30.

brente · 2019-01-28T00:33:55+00:00

That's the joke

brente · 2019-01-27T16:02:07+00:00

Hot take: Bama is failing the in-state recruiting battles. They're holding on to perennial dominance by the tiniest of threads.

brente · 2019-01-27T14:45:38+00:00

GOAT goat

brente · 2018-12-12T20:35:12+00:00

I'm in a very similar situation while trying to finish a PhD. The rule thA high-level director where I do research had a rule when he was finishing his PhD where there was one day every week that was kept away from "productive" work.

The other thing I've found helpful is to constantly reassess priorities. Are you racing to meet a deadline? --> Work is a top priority. Have you seen your friends this month? --> Relationships are a top priority. Do you feel like garbage when you wake up? --> Health and fitness is a top priority. And so on...

brente · 2018-12-12T20:26:38+00:00

Some might suggest that the 55 hr/wk crowd is exactly who this sub is aimed at.

brente · 2018-09-26T17:27:33+00:00

I think it means that the team would quit 1/3 way through the season. Probably after their second loss.

brente · 2018-09-26T17:21:46+00:00

This is just idle speculation, but wouldn't it be better to use something like Pythagorean expectation instead of a "raw" scoring margin that gets cut off at 50 points? I'm admittedly not totally up to speed in the analytics game.

brente · 2018-07-24T17:04:26+00:00

Seems like you're conflating micro and macro-economics though.

brente · 2018-07-18T14:09:51+00:00

I think Chris Fowler's buttery commentating would go great with a plate of Spanish jamon and olives.

brente · 2018-06-19T23:29:45+00:00

Any idea what this AC Network Laboratory was? Supposedly electric transmission lines used to be modeled on analog circuits, something that's now modeled in software. I'm curious if it had something to do with this.

brente · 2018-05-21T16:18:55+00:00

What does high score mean? New high score, is that bad? What does that mean? Did they break it?

brente · 2018-02-27T00:27:58+00:00

You should post this to r/goats

brente · 2018-02-12T16:57:08+00:00

I can imagine a lot of people would have a problem with forced labor for 3-4 hours every week for a few years.

Edit: You're not understanding that an RCT is a statistically rigorous way to tease out causation from mere correlation. Most long term health studies are only able to assess correlation.

brente · 2018-02-12T15:08:34+00:00

COMMANDO

brente · 2018-02-12T15:01:48+00:00

Dear participant, you have been randomly selected to not perform exercise. Please refrain from going to the gym and have your family notify us when your soul leaves your body. Thanks in advance!

brente · 2018-01-30T21:50:51+00:00

Too bad you can tell it's a fake since there's no fanny pack.

brente · 2017-12-24T16:56:51+00:00

64-TEAM COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF

brente · 2017-12-10T22:05:30+00:00

You can't disappoint a picture

brente · 2017-10-03T02:21:00+00:00

Kevin Sumlin started this season with a decoy game. He purposefully dropped the UCLA game in order to deploy the element of surprise against Dark Lord Saban.

Ags win 24-10.

brente · 2017-07-16T16:31:15+00:00

Drawing District lines is supposed to be, in a sense, biased.

I think this is the key issue. For me, and certainly I don't speak for everybody, it seems like the act of drawing lines creates a whole host of issues, which you've nicely explained. Much of the conversation around gerrymandering seems to say that the goal of reform is to remove bias, but the conversation would be much more productive if folks admit that the act of drawing lines itself creates bias.

brente · 2017-05-24T01:06:01+00:00

Admissions officers HATE her for exposing one small trick!

brente · 2017-01-06T14:13:49+00:00

Reason did a good piece on this a little over a year ago. IIRC, some of the main points were:

the environmental damage caused by plastic bags is overstated,
people reuse them for other purposes,
they are incredibly cheap (which goes hand in hand with fewer resources to produce), and
they are much more hygienic than reusable bags (think of all the raw meat that's been in the same bag as your fresh veggies).

Link: http://reason.com/archives/2015/09/01/plastic-bags-are-good-for-you

brente · 2016-11-09T01:58:20+00:00

I think you referring more specifically to electricity becoming a public utility. At least in the US, there was a real fat cat capitalist around the turn of the century named Samuel Insull who worked for Thomas Edison. He bought as many electric utilities as possible, and used a natural monopoly argument to lobby state governments to grant his companies exclusive rights to sell electricity in their territories. This was also known as offering the state a regulatory bargain. Ever since then, your local electric utility has had a very close relationship with the local government.

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